Android-Cupcake porting guide to EVM

Download Android build for Cupcake stable

Browse git

$ mkdir ~/Android_build
$ cd ~/Android_build
$ repo init -u git://labs.embinux.org/embinux-android-build/android-omap3/repo/android/platform/manifest.git -b evm-cupcake
$ repo sync
$ make

Note: For complete info on repo check following links

1. http://source.android.com/download
2. http://source.android.com/download/using-repo

Compile Kernel

Kernel is located at

<Android_Build>/kernel

Set Environment variable $CC_PATH to toolchain path

$ export CC_PATH=/opt/arm-2007q3/bin/arm-none-linux-gnueabi-
$ cd <Android_Build>/kernel
$ ../vendor/embinux/support-tools/evm_build_kernel.sh

Android's Root File System (RFS)

After build compilation , RFS is generated at

~/Android_build/out/target/product/generic
$ cd  ~/Android_build/out/target/product/generic

Create Android_RFS directory and copy contents

$ mkdir ~/Android_RFS
$ cp -a root/* ~/Android_RFS
$ cp -a data/* ~/Android_RFS/data/
$ cp -a system/* ~/ Android_RFS/system/

Ownership & Permissions

Modify ownership and permissions

$ cd ~/Android_RFS
$ sudo chown -R root.root *
$ sudo chmod -R 777 *

Boot Arguments

console=ttyS0,115200n8 noinitrd root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/init rootfstype=ext3 rw rootdelay=1 nohz=off androidboot.console=ttyS0

Debugging Android

Execute below command from shell

$logcat

Check if you can find *.dex files of android apps in /data/dalvik-cache

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